User talk:Offley

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Speedy deletion of Offley Place
A tag has been placed on Offley Place, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. R3ap3R.inc (talk) 23:57, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
– xeno  ( talk ) 17:44, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Offley Place
Hello! informed me that you were asking some questions about why the article you wrote, Offley Place, was speedy deleted. As I am the administrator who deleted it, I'll give you some brief rationale according to Wikipedia conventions and policies. I'm glad you have decided to contribute to Wikipedia, and I hope you continue to add to the project in the future. However, the article Offley Place as you wrote it met the criteria for deletion because:


 * 1) The article did not indicate why the subject met the criteria for inclusion that apply to businesses and organizations.
 * 2) It did not contain any verifiable, third-party references.
 * 3) It was written in a promotional, rather than an encyclopedic tone.
 * 4) It appeared that the only contributor to the article (you) had a significant conflict of interest with the article subject. That is, it appears that your reason for adding the article to Wikipedia is to promote your business, rather than to improve the encyclopedic content of Wikipedia.

Though your first article did not meet the standards for inclusion in an encyclopedia, we hope that you will continue as an editor here. For more information about Wikipedia policies and guidelines, I suggest you take a look at the five pillars of Wikipedia. If you have any more questions, please feel free to let me know on my talk page.

Cheers, --Ryan Delaney talk 22:06, 13 April 2009 (UTC)